Political Quotes

“Mr. Chief Justice, I send a question to the desk on behalf of myself and Senator Risch, both to the White House counsel and the House managers. The CHIEF JUSTICE. Thank you. Question from Senator Cassidy and Senator Risch to both parties, beginning with the President's counsel first: We saw a video of Mr. Nadler saying: ``There must never be a narrowly voted impeachment or an impeachment supported by one of our major political parties and opposed by the other. Such an impeachment will lack legitimacy, will produce divisiveness and bitterness in our politics for years to come, and will call into question the very legitimacy of our political institutions.'' Given the well-known dislike of some House Democrats for President Trump and the stated desire of some to impeach before the President was inaugurated, and the strictly partisan vote in favor of impeachment, do the current proceedings typify that which Mr. Nadler warned against 20 years ago? Mr. Counsel PHILBIN. Mr. Chief Justice, Senators, thank you for the question. The simple answer is yes. These are exactly the sort of proceedings that Manager Nadler warned against 20 years ago. It was a purely partisan impeachment. And it has been clear that at least some factions on the other side of the aisle--the Democratic side of the aisle--have been intent on finding some way to impeach the President from the day he was sworn in and even before the day he was sworn in, and that is dangerous for our country.…”